27010800 – HA-CONTRACTS / RELATED SERVS

Staff Attorney

Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of healthcare agreements, such as professional services agreements, consulting and vendor agreements, educational, clinical and training affiliation agreements, external and internal student/intern/resident rotation agreements, sale and purchase and purchase agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and HIPAA business associate agreements.
Perform legal and factual research necessary to support strategic advice and health related legal interpretation, guidance and risk assessment on contract matters, policies, and health care laws including those on privacy, government programs, and reimbursement.

Perform legal and factual research necessary to support strategic advice related to public records requests.
Assist in the creation of a database of form contracts and uniform terms and other quality-, efficiency- and service-oriented measures.  The Staff Attorney ensures main campus subject matter experts are appropriately consulted and made part of the contract review and development process, as necessary, and ensure compliance with all applicable governing standards.
Work with the appropriate administrators to timely obtain review and approval of concepts and business relationships and coordinate review and approval of healthcare contract drafts.
Provide counsel for legal aspects of patient care including informed consent, medical records/privacy issues, and patients’ rights issues, withdraw of treatment, patient transfer legalities and other complex clinical related advice.

Perform all other work as assigned.

$80,000 – $94,000, commensurate with education and experience.

J.D. or LL.B. from an ABA-accredited law school. Must be a member of the Florida Bar or become a member within twelve months of employment.

The Staff Attorney should possess a JD or L.L.B. from an ABA-accredited law school, and prior experience in healthcare law, in-house or with a law firm (and more would be appropriate), or equivalent experience drafting and reviewing legal transactions for healthcare clients is preferred.  Familiarity in the primary areas relevant to transactions for, and on behalf of, an academic health center, faculty practice plan, provider clinic and other entities for which this position is responsible is required.  The Staff Attorney must have excellent analytical ability, writing skills, listening and oral communications skills, diplomacy, finesse, client-service and interpersonal skills, and well developed, excellent judgment and skill in when to be appropriately assertive or adversarial, when to be deferential or conciliatory, in garnering consensus, and in distinguishing between high and low priority legal issues. 

The Staff Attorney must have knowledge of, and aptitude for deeper learning in the funding, structures and organizations, and related regulations and laws (e.g., federal and state health care fraud and abuse laws, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement regulations, tax codes and restrictions related to exempt organizations, and HIPAA/HITECH) that affect academic health centers (including hospitals) and medical colleges, faculty, residents, staff, and students.  The Staff Attorney should be a result-driven problem solver and must have the ability to meet deadlines on sort time frames and under pressure, setting and adjusting priorities quickly.  This position requires superior communication skills and experience with active listening and gathering information from multiple sources.

Please upload the following – CV or Resume, Cover Letter and List of Professional References.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive faculty and staff.  Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.